AOL’s Xdrive online storage service allows users to store up to 5GB of info for free. Windows users can additionally install Xdrive as a virtual tough drive making it easy to upload and download files or perform automated backups. But the the Xdrive desktop software often takes a while to associate and in our tests kind of wreaks havoc on the Windows Explorer process.

Today AOL is launching a public beta of Xdrive Desktop Lite, a new desktop application for uploading and downloading files from your Xdrive storage space. Xdrive Desktop Lite is built on Adobe

Xdrive Desktop Lite users can upload files simply by dragging and dropping items from their computer. For some reason downloading isn’t fairly as easy. In order to download a file using the application you need to go on an item and choose the download option from the drop down menu. There are additionally menu options that will let you mail a link to the file or seize a string of cipher that will let you embed media files on any web page.

Original post by Brad Linder